Golf Iron Sets

GolfDiscount.com offers a large selection of iron sets from top manufacturers and in many different configurations, ensuring you can find a set that fits your game and helps you play your best. If you're looking for added forgiveness and distance, try a hybrid-iron combo set with easy-to-hit hybrids that replace difficult long irons. We also offer traditional set compositions in a wide range of head and sole sizes ensuring mid-handicappers can find a set that fits their eye and skill level. For more skilled golfers looking to control spin, trajectory, and ball flight we also carry a number of tour styled cavity-back, muscle-back, and combo irons.

Iron Sets

Irons are some of the most versatile clubs you’ll find in your golf bag. Ranging from low lofted clubs designed for distance, to higher lofted clubs engineered for high launching, soft landing shots into the green, irons present a number of shot making options from just about every lie on the course. Irons sets are also as varied as they are versatile, coming in a number of different designs that appeal to different skill levels looking for different performance benefits. They also come in different set make-ups, allowing for the implementation of hybrid clubs or integrated wedges for golfers looking for a uniform set-up. Below, we’ll tackle some of the most common unique characteristics of iron sets and help narrow down the style and construction that will fit your skill level.

Club Head Design

The main option to consider when selecting an iron set is the design on the club head. Larger club heads with more perimeter weight will provide a more stable hitting area and provide greater forgiveness on off-center shots, while more compact irons, while unforgiving on inconsistent ball strikers, can provide better player with a fine-tuned level of distance, spin, and trajectory control.

Types of Iron Sets

Super Game Improvement Iron Sets

Super game improvement irons feature the largest club heads of all irons. While some golfers struggle with their large profile, others see a big club face and have confidence they will strike the ball solid. Most SGI irons have wide soles, where the base of the iron interacts with the turf, in order to place more mass behind the impact area and launch the ball higher and with more distance. The larger club head of SGI irons allows for more weight to be placed low, and along the perimeter of the irons. Low weight aids in launching the ball higher, while perimeter weight restricts the club head from twisting when the ball is struck off-center, allowing shots that aren’t perfectly struck to still go long and straight.

Game Improvement Iron Sets

Game improvement irons would be generally understood as the standard, or stock model of iron sets. They are the style that most golfers will gravitate to, and are able to accommodate all levels of ability. Game improvement irons have many of the same characteristics as super game improvement irons, but will have smaller club heads and thinner soles. Most game improvement iron features are designed to allow the sets to perform in a wide range of turf and conditions, giving golfers without specific iron needs a very well-rounded set that can execute many different shots and provide all-around performance from every lie on the course.

Cavity Back Iron Sets

Cavity back irons get their name from the hollowed out cavity of mass behind the club head, and while SGI and GI irons also have cavities, cavity back irons have smaller indents and are generally designed to provide more precision for better golfers. Cavity back irons have small club heads, with the compact profile appealing to golfers who like to curve and shape shots, as well as hit into greens with lower or higher trajectories with variable spin. Most golfers who use cavity back irons are advanced golfers with low handicaps who strike the ball well and consistently.

Blade Iron Sets

Blade style irons are tour-level cubs that are utilized by professionals and very skilled amateurs. The name “blade” comes from the physically appearance of the irons, with their very compact and small head sizes being the smallest and most precise available. While most models of irons feature some form of cavity back or perimeter weighting, blade irons have none of these performance aids and instead rely on consistent and accurate ball striking by the golfer in order to provide high-level benefits. Due to their pure and compact head size, very little spin is imparted on the ball due to the outside influence of the club head, and is instead created directly by the strike and contact of the golfer. Better golfers use blades in order to have full and total control over their iron game, using the clubs to shape shots, change trajectories, and completely dial in spin on every shot.

Combo Iron Set

Lately, it’s becoming common for manufacturers to provide combo iron sets to golfers, generally putting together two or three different club head designs together in order to give golfers performance benefits where they most need them. Many combo sets have some sort of game improvement irons in the low, harder-to-hit slots in the set. For example, the 3-5 irons in a combo set will have larger faces and provide more forgiveness for when golfers have to tackle long and difficult shots into greens, or are trying to play it conservative on the tee. The rest of the irons, down to the wedges, may then be cavity back or even blade irons, allowing golfers more precision and control on the easier, shorter approach shots. Intermediate to advanced golfers who understand their specific needs and abilities on approach shots may benefit a great deal from the versatility of performance offered by combo sets. If a combo set isn’t specifically available in a certain model, many manufacturers are able to create sets on custom order if prompted.

Hybrid Combo Iron Set

Hybrid combo sets use the same idea of standard combo sets, but instead add easy-to-hit hybrids in place of long irons in order to maximize forgiveness for beginning or intermediate golfers. After the hybrids, the set will evolve into a standard game improvement set, giving golfers forgiveness and distance-enhancing technology from every club in their set.

Iron Set Custom Options

Graphite vs. Steel Shaft

Irons sets come standard with either graphite or steel shafts installed, and both materials provide different benefits to different preferences and skill levels. Graphite shafts are made of lighter materials to help increase swing speed for golfers who need it, and provide more whip and give on the downswing in order to launch the ball higher into the air so shots land softer on the green. Generally, golfers with slower swing speeds benefit most from lightweight graphite shafts, with more accomplished golfers who swing harder losing accuracy due to the give in the material. Steel shafts are more sturdy and heavy than graphite, and provide a more solid feel at impact and accuracy to golfers whose swings fit their characteristics. Steel is the most common material in iron sets, but if in doubt, it’s best to consult a teaching professional. Both graphite and steel options are available in a variety of models, flexes, weights, and kick-points, and golfers looking to dial in performance to fit their swing would benefit a great deal from consultation with an experienced salesperson or equipment professional.

Lie Angle

The lie angle of an iron refers to the angle between the sole of the club at address and the shaft. Irons that are bent to create a smaller angle between club and shaft are known as “upright” or “up,” while irons that are bent to increase the angle are known as “flat.” Lie angle is a very player-specific feature of an iron set, and is very important for each individual golfer, as an incorrect lie angle could potentially alter even the most fundamentally sound swings, or cause the golfer to employ bad swing habits in order to overcompensate for poor-fitted clubs. Clubs with improper lie angles may contact the turf at sub-optimal locations and cause twisting at impact or off-center hits. While many golfers will fit to standard size irons, it’s important for all golfers of varying heights and swing mechanics to have their irons properly fitted to appropriate specifications and correct lie angle.

Iron Set Make-Up

Iron sets come available in a variety of set make-ups and it’s up to the individual golfer to chose a set that offers the ideal mix of clubs to suit their needs. Some iron sets do not include a 3-iron, as many golfers struggle with such a club and often replace it with a hybrid. Some iron sets come standard with matching gap, or sand wedges that integrate to perform the same way as middle and short irons. Some golfers prefer to separate their wedges from their iron sets while others do not. Before purchasing a set, it’s helpful to take stock of your current mix of clubs, note an hybrids or wedges you plan to keep using, and then mold your set make-up in order to fit your personal preferences and performance needs.

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